MALACOP. ABDOM. CARP FAMILY. 



:/serland. It ha? never been noticed, we believe, 

 cither in Ireland <>r in Scotland. 



-p. 116.) L. cej'hal'Ls. The Chub or Skelly. 



I, according to Mr. J 

 ' I will make it, however," says Piscator, " a good 



. by dressing;" to which 



is as good meat as I ud." (Apud 



I. Walton.) The Chub has a thick .-id a 



broad and round snout; whence its name. The 

 upper jaw is the largest : the top of the head 

 a blackish brown colour ; the cheeks and gill-c 

 are golden yellow; the upper part of the back 

 bluish black ; and the sides bluish v. ~ sm g 



into silvery white on the belly. The d 

 caudal fins are dusky, the pectorals reddish br 

 the ventral and anal reddish white, the hide? gulden 



AV. Mr. Pennant states that he ha- 

 some which have weighed upwards of five por. 

 and Salviani speaks of them as reaching 

 nine pounds. 



This fish is rather common in England an 

 and Annan, in Scotland, is assigned as a 

 At Carlisle, and in many parts in the n< 

 hood of the English lakes, it is called the Skell 

 account of its large scales; while, in other parts, 



name is, not the 



niad. It frequents the deep holes of ri 

 and, during the summer, commonly lies on 

 face, ben- of some tree or bush. 



A very timid fish, sinking to the bottom on the least 



